On Wed., Aug. 1, 2018, at 10:00 a.m., KJK Partner Rob Gilmore and Associate Kirsten Mooney in conjunction with the Ohio Chamber of Commerce HR Academy will present a webinar titled “Ten Tips For Companies in Enforcing (And Defending Against) Non-Competes." Employers...
By Rob Gilmore and Kirsten Mooney Since its 2012 decision in D.R. Horton, 357 NLRB 227, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has held that mandatory arbitration agreements that contain class and collective action waivers violate the National Labor Relations Act...
By Rob Gilmore and Kirsten Mooney For more than 70 years, courts in all jurisdictions have applied a “narrow” interpretation in determining which employees are exempt from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). But, a recent decision by the Supreme...
Experiencing turnover of just one employee can cost an employer tens of thousands of dollars in both direct costs and loss of productivity, according to data models created by the Society of Human Resources Management. On the flip side, utilizing best practices...
The #MeToo movement has many employers uncertain about the best ways to protect themselves from sexual harassment complaints and the right way to respond after a complaint has been made. KJK’s Rob Gilmore and Kirsten Mooney will address what employers should know...
“Uncertainty” has been the buzzword concerning the most recent decisions from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), as new developments and certain conflicts have shifted the board’s stance on critical labor and employment issues. The most recent shift is the...
By Rob Gilmore and Kirsten Mooney On March 7, 2018, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals joined a number of other federal appellate courts in holding that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination against LBGT employees. In a long-awaited...
By Robert S. Gilmore and Kirsten B. Mooney From Hollywood to Washington, claims of sexual harassment against powerful people have dominated national headlines for months, fueling the #MeToo movement of women stepping forward with their own accounts of sexual...
by Rob Gilmore Imagine a franchise sandwich shop located here in Cleveland that employs a dozen workers. Though it's part of a franchise, the restaurant is independently owned, pays its workers directly and manages their day-to-day supervision. And yet those same...
On October 30, Morgan Stanley announced that it would leave the Protocol for Broker Recruiting — an agreement among more than 1,500 financial firms that lays out rules for financial advisers to follow when they leave one firm for another. The decision shocked the...